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president karzai is the elected landlord of the country. we can't view our partner nations that we can call the shots. that is not what we want with the partner. we want a sovereign nation that can be strong. think we need to look at it that way. that the effort that our current policy is trying to implement. >> neil: do you think this president even wants to be in this region? he was critical about the bellicose nature of the bush years and he wanted to reverse that. he was stuck with it coming in and he couldn't get request quicker leaving? >> i think all americans, when they look at the region now, it's where the thrift 9/11 emanated from. we've had a difficult decade. >> neil: what would you have done after 9/11? >> it's interesting, i thought a lot about this. i would have acted a little differently but only with hindsight. first thing i would have done is 10,000 young americans to language school. i would have started a wider effort to study the history and culture and understand it. the entire region is so complex that every time you
president karzai is the elected landlord of the country. we can't view our partner nations that we can call the shots. that is not what we want with the partner. we want a sovereign nation that can be strong. think we need to look at it that way. that the effort that our current policy is trying to implement. >> neil: do you think this president even wants to be in this region? he was critical about the bellicose nature of the bush years and he wanted to reverse that. he was stuck with it...
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the election is over. you will deliver state of the business tomorrow. what do you think going forward? >> the job of the chamber of commerce is to represent the american business community. millions of small businesses, medium size and large businesses. it's not my job to agree with the president. but we were founded 100 years ago for two reasons. to represent the business community and to help our government. for years we have done that. when this administration came to office, they helped them get stimulus bill. they didn't like that. we helped them with the banking and the automobile companies. we want to help them on a lot of things. we need immigration bill. ready to do that. we made a major suggestion. you can't do this in cost cutting and tax increases. we need a third bucket, energy. the most prolific energy company in the world now. >> bret: when he says at one point several weeks ago that the president said we don't have a spending problem and boehner said, "mr. president, we have a serious spending problem." he repeated the message so often,
the election is over. you will deliver state of the business tomorrow. what do you think going forward? >> the job of the chamber of commerce is to represent the american business community. millions of small businesses, medium size and large businesses. it's not my job to agree with the president. but we were founded 100 years ago for two reasons. to represent the business community and to help our government. for years we have done that. when this administration came to office, they...
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with election and new congress coming together. as i read libya's recent history it is a bit like we are reliving the post world war ii years. how right he was. that was chris. always thinking, always sharp, always ready. public service is too often looked down upon by some in this country. often my colleagues in the foreign service la meant they don't make them the way they used to anymore. today we remember a man, chris stevens, whose life and service just proves how wrong my colleagues really are. chris shows us they still make them the way they used to, only an awful lot better, thank you. [applause] >> chris's family would like to invite everyone to a reception after the ceremony. it will be held over there. you are all welcome. let us pray. oh lord, support us all the day long until the shadows lengthen and the evening comes and the busy world is hushed and the fever of life is over and our work is done. then in your mercy grant us a safe lodging and a holy rest and peace at the last. may the author of all life bless us and k
with election and new congress coming together. as i read libya's recent history it is a bit like we are reliving the post world war ii years. how right he was. that was chris. always thinking, always sharp, always ready. public service is too often looked down upon by some in this country. often my colleagues in the foreign service la meant they don't make them the way they used to anymore. today we remember a man, chris stevens, whose life and service just proves how wrong my colleagues...
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and when he was elected the second time, he was elected with 83% of the vote. this is a guy respected by his fellow citizens of nebraska. served here for a total of 12 years. and what did he do when he left the senate? he became an academic in georgetown, school of foreign service, teaching the new leaders. he also has been co-chairman of the president's intelligence advisory board. he is also on the defense policy board. this is a gentleman who knows all of these issues in depth. he is a fellow who speaks his mind. he sometimes gets in trouble with those who think he should not speak his mind but he says what he believes and he sticks with it. so the issues that are being raised now are important issues and that's why we have a confirmation hearing and i'm sure that chuck will be able to deal with those issues at the hearing. >> let's go through a few of them. >> all right. >> on iran, he has been criticized for his views, he failed to label iran's revolutionary guard a terror organization, advocated direct talks with iran which have not borne fruit and as adv
and when he was elected the second time, he was elected with 83% of the vote. this is a guy respected by his fellow citizens of nebraska. served here for a total of 12 years. and what did he do when he left the senate? he became an academic in georgetown, school of foreign service, teaching the new leaders. he also has been co-chairman of the president's intelligence advisory board. he is also on the defense policy board. this is a gentleman who knows all of these issues in depth. he is a...
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he got his head handed to him when he ran for election. people turned him back florida, i would say it's tennessee. the people who knew him best knew he shouldn't be allowed near that presidency. i think it broke his spirit. he decided to make any deal with any hot devil that he could. he chose global warming. and now he is probably worth north of a quarter billion dollars. good for him. i'm glad he is rich. if he thinks we haven't noticed is he a big hack who is completely full of it, i don't know who is kidding who. >> bill: last night we had a discussion about welfare recipients. a few of them. not many. a few here in new york. [ laughter ] bill. >> really, billy? i haven't seen the work. >> bill: they did a freedom of information act. came up with a few people using welfare cards and strip joints and gambling places and booze places, all right? so then we brought on jimmy mcmillan who uses the street to say this. seriously do you think somebody is going to walk into a strip club because they want to get some of their welfare benefits a
he got his head handed to him when he ran for election. people turned him back florida, i would say it's tennessee. the people who knew him best knew he shouldn't be allowed near that presidency. i think it broke his spirit. he decided to make any deal with any hot devil that he could. he chose global warming. and now he is probably worth north of a quarter billion dollars. good for him. i'm glad he is rich. if he thinks we haven't noticed is he a big hack who is completely full of it, i don't...
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i know we lost the election and he is our president, but it's also true that even the exit polling that very day when people asked not by plurality, but majority, government is too big. don't think that government is too small. when asked, three quarters of americans say spending is the problem not revenue. so people are receptive to our message, sean, we've got to get it out there and know what the facts are. $130,000 per family what the de debt. irresponsible today talking about republicans wanting to gut medicare and social security? we want to save and preserve for the future. he also said that we want to slash spending, no, it's about how much spending increase you have over the next ten years, the next 20 years. so, i think when we take this to the american people, we have a great opportunity. >> sean: let me ask you, you're going to have to vote on a couple of nominees, hagel, lew, kerry, any problems from your perspective for any of them? >> yeah, we have to ask the tough questions. with regard to chuck hagel in particular, on a bipartisan basis, there's some deep concerns about
i know we lost the election and he is our president, but it's also true that even the exit polling that very day when people asked not by plurality, but majority, government is too big. don't think that government is too small. when asked, three quarters of americans say spending is the problem not revenue. so people are receptive to our message, sean, we've got to get it out there and know what the facts are. $130,000 per family what the de debt. irresponsible today talking about republicans...
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after the election people in wall street felt it was possible that they would bring in someone from their world, with market experience. he brought in someone on the inside, life in politics and worked for joe mockley, college administrator at nyu. background like obama. they were hoping for jamie dimon to bring marketing experience. no. is there any evidence in this man's background, he is deliver and he thought it was sequestration. and he is the bold reformer capable of actually bringing entitlement to the table? i don't think there is any. it's disappointing that way. >> you learn where he wants to go, by where he chooses. he chooses hagel for defense because he wants to go in a certain direction with iran and a n a direction cutting the defense spending. jack lew is getting a guy that knows anything he knew aboutbe the budget and more. he would know where everything is. it's one of two choices. is he appointing him because he would be guy to makebe a big deal and reform entitlement? not scintilla of evidence that obama has interest whatsoever. the log call and likely explanation is h
after the election people in wall street felt it was possible that they would bring in someone from their world, with market experience. he brought in someone on the inside, life in politics and worked for joe mockley, college administrator at nyu. background like obama. they were hoping for jamie dimon to bring marketing experience. no. is there any evidence in this man's background, he is deliver and he thought it was sequestration. and he is the bold reformer capable of actually bringing...
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the same day chris stevens is the day the parliament first time in 42 years that they elect their first prime minister. thank you united states for your support. again, we are sorry on behalf of libyan people for the loss of this great friend. thank you very much. [applause] >>> good afternoon, barbara lee. i represent the 9th district, including piedmont and berkeley, where ambassador stevens spent many of his formative years to. the family and friends of our beloved ambassador stevens, to mayor lee, senator feinstein, representative miller and spear, to the attorney general, ambassadors past and present, my friends. let me first express my sincereest condolences to ambassador stevens' family, friends and colleagues in the face of your tremendous loss. ambassador stevens and the others who lost their lives in libya worked each and every day to advance the highest ideals of this great nation. they will never be forgotten. ambassador stevens, in spite of the many challenges of seeking global peace and security, he truly believed peace is possible. representatives george miller and jackie
the same day chris stevens is the day the parliament first time in 42 years that they elect their first prime minister. thank you united states for your support. again, we are sorry on behalf of libyan people for the loss of this great friend. thank you very much. [applause] >>> good afternoon, barbara lee. i represent the 9th district, including piedmont and berkeley, where ambassador stevens spent many of his formative years to. the family and friends of our beloved ambassador...
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i was a public official, an elected d.a. and elected judge and i understand what it means to be a public official as you do. >> sean: i agree, i don't mind in my case, it's not about us. >> sean: plus my address wasn't given out. >> mine was. >> sean: in your case you were, everybody in the audience they had their addresses different out. i think it makes it dangerous for them and people who don't-- >> it's better they did it in an interactive map. it's not like a printed map, it's where they are in westchester, in rockland, where they are in relation to the highway, basically how you get there and link it and you can get the front of the house, the back of the house, it's an outrage and what's more outrageous is that the journal news, and i dealt with them for 30 years, they are in a hole, they're hiding, they're like a deer in the headlights, the perveyors of information and unable to answer a question and people call me over and over and over we want answers and they follow your kids to school, and call you repeatedly, th
i was a public official, an elected d.a. and elected judge and i understand what it means to be a public official as you do. >> sean: i agree, i don't mind in my case, it's not about us. >> sean: plus my address wasn't given out. >> mine was. >> sean: in your case you were, everybody in the audience they had their addresses different out. i think it makes it dangerous for them and people who don't-- >> it's better they did it in an interactive map. it's not like a...
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next, ali velshi explains why we still don't have a budget and how our elected officials have bungled a basic business process most of us handle with ease. a must see. "your money" starts right now. jo america's road to economic recovery is wide open, right in front of us, if our elected officials don't put major blocks in your way. i'm ali velshi. debt ceilings, budgets and spending cuts are all you'll hear coming out of washington for the next few months. the partisan warfare in washington could put a dent in any recovery. the threat is real. the next battle will be another clash over raising the u.s. debt ceiling. the current ceiling was officially hit on december 31st, but like last time the u.s. treasury is using extraordinary measures to get through about late february or early march. if congress doesn't act by then, the government risks not being able to pay some of its bills. republicans seem to think the debt ceiling is a useful tool to limit how much the government spends, but that is not what the debt ceiling law is supposed to do. it gives the u.s. treasury the flexibility
next, ali velshi explains why we still don't have a budget and how our elected officials have bungled a basic business process most of us handle with ease. a must see. "your money" starts right now. jo america's road to economic recovery is wide open, right in front of us, if our elected officials don't put major blocks in your way. i'm ali velshi. debt ceilings, budgets and spending cuts are all you'll hear coming out of washington for the next few months. the partisan warfare in...
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for one, he's been re-elected. i think the gop has generally resigned themselves to the fact that they're going to be four more years to obama and they have a little less incentive to hang him for every misstep he has but democrats are incentives to watch him more carefully. one, payment, you know, a number of groups, unions for one, invested heavily in barack obama's re-election and i'm sure they want some roi now. two, accountability on the promises the president made in the first term, promises on gay marriage, promises on immigration, maybe promises on guns now. and third, this idea of a liberal legacy. think i that a number of folks on the left were willing to forego or ignore some of the issues in his first term that now they're looking at. the idea of drone strikes, shadow wars, extra judicial killing. i think all of that is going to come to the front a little bit more. and just this week alone we saw some pushback from the left on obama's lack of diversity in his cabinet appointments. krystal, you delivered
for one, he's been re-elected. i think the gop has generally resigned themselves to the fact that they're going to be four more years to obama and they have a little less incentive to hang him for every misstep he has but democrats are incentives to watch him more carefully. one, payment, you know, a number of groups, unions for one, invested heavily in barack obama's re-election and i'm sure they want some roi now. two, accountability on the promises the president made in the first term,...
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real work of the new year now under way and the reality of january now setting in, for the newly re-elected president that means a new team for a second term. and for americans, today that meant the announcement of a new national security team. the people charged with protecting the country in the midst of a very turbulent world. but washington is a turbulent world all its own. and so, like everything else, politics and personalities played a big part in what you're about to see. as for one crucial outgoing member of the president's team, we saw secretary of state hillary clinton back on the job today for the first time in weeks. we'll have more on that in just a moment. first we want to begin tonight with our chief white house correspondent chuck todd. chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. refusing to shy away from what potentially could be a new washington fight, the president tapped two very close allies who have a history of ruffling political feathers into two key national security posts. president obama emphasized the two men's personal connections to the organization
real work of the new year now under way and the reality of january now setting in, for the newly re-elected president that means a new team for a second term. and for americans, today that meant the announcement of a new national security team. the people charged with protecting the country in the midst of a very turbulent world. but washington is a turbulent world all its own. and so, like everything else, politics and personalities played a big part in what you're about to see. as for one...
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in charge of the house in the same election. election have consequences, of course. perhaps hiking taxes on the rich is up with of them. but that does not mean we don't do a lick about our debt. not getting a handle on spending wasn't one of them. hearing only one side don't make you a journalist but doing so to ignore the other side makes you charyl top. charlatan. go after the goose, go after the gander. what is a gander? do you know? be fair, balanceed. both sides. have at it. >> dana: hello, i'm dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, eric bolling, andrea tantaros. it's 5:00 in new york city. this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> dana: earlier today, president obama held the final press conference of his first term in the east room of the white house. the main attraction, our old friend the debt ceiling. they could default on the debt, unless the debt ceiling is raised. republicans want the president to cut spending before they i gree on a deal. but the president at no time seem eager for compromise. listen. >> we have to
in charge of the house in the same election. election have consequences, of course. perhaps hiking taxes on the rich is up with of them. but that does not mean we don't do a lick about our debt. not getting a handle on spending wasn't one of them. hearing only one side don't make you a journalist but doing so to ignore the other side makes you charyl top. charlatan. go after the goose, go after the gander. what is a gander? do you know? be fair, balanceed. both sides. have at it. >> dana:...
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there are wounds from losing the election to president obama. conservative base of the republican party is not happy with this initial deal on the fiscal cliff. so they're looking for republicans to plant flags. now taxes and spending has nothing to do with chuck hagel except for gloria's point about a downsizing at the pentagon. chuck hagel has been on the record saying it's too bloated. while it's not connected to some of the other games of political chess in washington, in some ways everything is connected. >> the white house makes the calculation that if republicans are going to oppose chuck hagel because he ended up being opposed to the war in iraq, that's a fight the white house is happy to have. more than half of the public is opposed -- was opposed to the war in iraq, too, in the end. this is something that they feel they can do. they wouldn't have nominated him, wolf, if they didn't think he would get confirm but it's a political fight that they shouldn't shy away from. >> i'll bring jim acosta in this conversation in a moment. brianna
there are wounds from losing the election to president obama. conservative base of the republican party is not happy with this initial deal on the fiscal cliff. so they're looking for republicans to plant flags. now taxes and spending has nothing to do with chuck hagel except for gloria's point about a downsizing at the pentagon. chuck hagel has been on the record saying it's too bloated. while it's not connected to some of the other games of political chess in washington, in some ways...
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, an elected -- a transitional government and then an elected government both on the national and the local levels. and that's -- you don't see that elsewhere. at least not in as striking a fashion. in the rest of the book, i talk quite a bit about the personality of gadhafi and what motivated him. many people argue that the personalities of of the dictators themselves don't matter. in the case of libya, i don't think that's quite true. gadhafi was a mercurial, i believe a quite intelligent person who had certain fixations and -- [laughter] i'll try to be diplomatic here because i'm -- [laughter] but there's a lot of strangeness there which motivated his behavior in ways which i think or were so bizarre or that many of the people who are looking at this from the u.s. policy side really -- it's not in a way they were accustomed to thinking about things. and that poalzed problems when you -- posed problems when you try to anticipate what he was going to do or respond to him. for example, you know, after the 1986 bombing in benghazi and in tripoli, gadhafi was rumored to have of gone int
, an elected -- a transitional government and then an elected government both on the national and the local levels. and that's -- you don't see that elsewhere. at least not in as striking a fashion. in the rest of the book, i talk quite a bit about the personality of gadhafi and what motivated him. many people argue that the personalities of of the dictators themselves don't matter. in the case of libya, i don't think that's quite true. gadhafi was a mercurial, i believe a quite intelligent...
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certainly more on the democratic side in elected office. i don't know if that is true when it comes to staffers on capitol hill or other places in the white house. they are saying what do you think? help lead us. rubio is leader of that. >> eric: the republican party realized they needed to embrace the hispanics and embrace blacks. they have done that. my question is why is powell after all that bush -- that the republican party did for his career. asked him to run for president. >> dana: a lot of people wanted him to run. >> eric: why is he doing this? it doesn't make sense to me other than citing a former republican governor as basis for him to say that there is a dark vein in the republican party. >> bob: i don't think it's a great conspiracy here. if you listen to the debate on the immigration. it's not the democrats, it's the republicans that use the words "illegal aliens." that is one of the most pejorative terms i heard. >> andrea: that's completely unfair. >> bob: why? >> andrea: look at the immigration debate of 2006. who stood up
certainly more on the democratic side in elected office. i don't know if that is true when it comes to staffers on capitol hill or other places in the white house. they are saying what do you think? help lead us. rubio is leader of that. >> eric: the republican party realized they needed to embrace the hispanics and embrace blacks. they have done that. my question is why is powell after all that bush -- that the republican party did for his career. asked him to run for president. >>...
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and it is that politicians on the side of cutting defense spending are actually winning election elections. and the american people are deciding the cuts. do you see hagel as part of this trend? >> i was, i was very critical about the remarks he said about the ambassador. now i hope he gets nominated because he is clearly being attacked from the right. from the let's spend more money in defense while we're cutting taxes faction. and i am very pleased the president is sticking with him. i got to pick one -- yeah, it is -- for being suspicious of -- skeptical, i shouldn't say suspicious, being skeptical of this notion that more and more military spending is the answer, look, i think the president got the -- the commitment to do that when for the first time a democratic president debated a republican president on military spending, and the democratic presidential candidate, the democratic candidate was for less spending and even ridiculed romney with regard to bayonets and horses and then won the election. and even in virginia, with so many thinking that ship buildings so important, he won. s
and it is that politicians on the side of cutting defense spending are actually winning election elections. and the american people are deciding the cuts. do you see hagel as part of this trend? >> i was, i was very critical about the remarks he said about the ambassador. now i hope he gets nominated because he is clearly being attacked from the right. from the let's spend more money in defense while we're cutting taxes faction. and i am very pleased the president is sticking with him. i...
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is this why you sent your elected official to go to washington to allow something like this to happen? and i'm asking republicans tonight. is this really what you want the country to do? look. the bottom line is this. we're at a crossroads in america. the right wing wants the big three so bad, this is the conversation they're willing to have. and this may be the direction they're willing to go to make sure that they can get the cuts they want, because they want that government cut right down into the bathtub. i'm joined tonight by msnbc contributor and "washington post" columnist e.j. dionne, and ruth conniff, political editor of the progressive magazine. great to have both of you with us tonight. e.j., you first whom. would get hit the hardest? i mean, if we were not to pay our bills, who gets hit the hardest and the soonest, actually? sooner than anybody else? >> i'm glad what you did what you just did, because i think one of the problems with this debt ceiling fight is that it's such a ridiculous idea on its face that congress has to vote again to say we'll pay our bills, that most
is this why you sent your elected official to go to washington to allow something like this to happen? and i'm asking republicans tonight. is this really what you want the country to do? look. the bottom line is this. we're at a crossroads in america. the right wing wants the big three so bad, this is the conversation they're willing to have. and this may be the direction they're willing to go to make sure that they can get the cuts they want, because they want that government cut right down...
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they recognize there's a gubernatorial election coming up. i think what sweeney should be doing is saying who is going to be the democratic candidate and how can we create a message in our state, forget national shows. in our state to go chris christie. otherwise, it's sour grapes, so stop wasting your time complaining about praying for a storm. find a candidate first, then get a message. >> this raises a really interesting point though, which is that the whole country assumes chris christie is going to run and he's very popular right now. and then when you actually run, people start throwing at you. they did with mitt romney, about his taxes, about the education rank of massachusetts. there were all kinds of things. things like having an unemployment rate 2% higher, that could change. or you could look at these statistics and they could change how you think about how he will do in a republican primary. >> the big thing is that chris christie has this profile where he's saying i'm a problem solver, a bipartisan guy. i get things done, but the
they recognize there's a gubernatorial election coming up. i think what sweeney should be doing is saying who is going to be the democratic candidate and how can we create a message in our state, forget national shows. in our state to go chris christie. otherwise, it's sour grapes, so stop wasting your time complaining about praying for a storm. find a candidate first, then get a message. >> this raises a really interesting point though, which is that the whole country assumes chris...
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obviously, virginia is a state that democrats passed election. and a pretty fair assessment. split. other question do you favor putting armed police officers in public schools? 66% favor. 29% oppose. actually when you broke it down it was 7 #% republicanssh -- 79% republicans and 58% democrats favored. nra supported position of putting armed guards in schoo schools. >> the country is split on many issues but in the end what mara is saying is correct. it's not going to make much difference. i would be impolite to say the measures are placebos. as a doctor i did sustained placebos. it doesn't hurt anybody. just feel better. it's cheap and a sugar pill. we had a fairly restrictive assault weapons ban in the mid- '90s. it lasted ten years and it had almost zero effect on the violence. gun violence. and these measures will have zero effect on the massacres as we saw in aurora or tucson. people will have the feeling they have done something. but here is the reason why the ban failed in the mid-'90s. it wasn't the loopholes and the way to get around the law. the fact is there are 300 milli
obviously, virginia is a state that democrats passed election. and a pretty fair assessment. split. other question do you favor putting armed police officers in public schools? 66% favor. 29% oppose. actually when you broke it down it was 7 #% republicanssh -- 79% republicans and 58% democrats favored. nra supported position of putting armed guards in schoo schools. >> the country is split on many issues but in the end what mara is saying is correct. it's not going to make much...
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if our elected officials don't put some major road blocks in the way. i'm ali velshi, this is your money. debt ceilings, budgets and debt ceilings are all you're going to here coming out of washington the next few months and the partisan warfare in washington could put a dent in recovery. the threat is real. the next battle will be another clash over raising the u.s. debt ceiling. the current ceiling was officially hit on december 31st. but like last time. the u.s. treasury is using extraordinary measures to get through about late february or early march. if congress doesn't act by then, the government risks not being able to pay some of its bills. republicans seem to think the debt ceiling is a useful tool to limit how much the government spends, but that is not what the debt ceiling law is supposed to do. it gives the u.s. treasury the flexibility to borrow money to pay the government's bills without going to congress to get approval every single time. it has nothing to do with spending control or debt control. let me be clear, you might think it's ab
if our elected officials don't put some major road blocks in the way. i'm ali velshi, this is your money. debt ceilings, budgets and debt ceilings are all you're going to here coming out of washington the next few months and the partisan warfare in washington could put a dent in recovery. the threat is real. the next battle will be another clash over raising the u.s. debt ceiling. the current ceiling was officially hit on december 31st. but like last time. the u.s. treasury is using...
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. >>> barack obama is entering his second term, only the third democratic president to be re-elected in the last 75 years. he faces deep domestic challenges. above all, a still weak economy. he faces a world in flux and in crisis from iran and syria to north korea and china. perhaps most visibly, he faces a domestic political deadlock that seems to overshadow all else. with this hand what can he do? what will he do? i've asked for advice from the states men and women who have stood beside presidents as they have made their most difficult decisions, from republicans like james baker -- >> we didn't have a dollar, a de facto reserve currency in the world, we would be greece. >> robert rubin. >> in a democracy you can only move forward if both sides are willing to come together to govern. >> and independents like michael bloomberg. >> when you have jobs that we need to get done but americans won't take, letting the crops rot or letting the farms move south of the border is just insanity. >> at the end i'll write my own memo to the president. let's get started. >>> while most of the worl
. >>> barack obama is entering his second term, only the third democratic president to be re-elected in the last 75 years. he faces deep domestic challenges. above all, a still weak economy. he faces a world in flux and in crisis from iran and syria to north korea and china. perhaps most visibly, he faces a domestic political deadlock that seems to overshadow all else. with this hand what can he do? what will he do? i've asked for advice from the states men and women who have stood...
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. >> to put it in some perspective, the president was elected the first time in 2008 because we were in a major economic crisis. of course headed into the recession, no end in sight. everyone felt we were in freefall, the unemployment rate in january 2009,, 7.8%. four years later after a trillion spent trying to boost the economy into vigor, 7.8%. and that's the official unemployment raid, which is a fraction of the actual unemployment rate. brake down even further, take the african-american unemployment rate? it's twice the white unemployment rate. this under a president who is -- has set a renewed commitment to civil rights, the justice department civil rights commission, and still this unemployment rate is a disastrous highs. imagine a republican in office staying down the barrel of a -- >> neil: we know that 7.8% isn't great and a jobless claims report like the one we got is hardly anything to whoop about. but i think it's a double ininto itment when the media glosses over that. and i don't kerr it's a democrat or republican in os. office. we didn't gloss over bad numbers or fool
. >> to put it in some perspective, the president was elected the first time in 2008 because we were in a major economic crisis. of course headed into the recession, no end in sight. everyone felt we were in freefall, the unemployment rate in january 2009,, 7.8%. four years later after a trillion spent trying to boost the economy into vigor, 7.8%. and that's the official unemployment raid, which is a fraction of the actual unemployment rate. brake down even further, take the...
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no players were elected this year, not even barry bonds and not roger clemens, why not? we'll hear from pete rose next, plus, sex, murder and money part after scandalous plot in las vegas, a woman accused of having an affair with her own son and both of them tried to kill her husband. we have the latest from vegas. and a daring escape from wildfire caught on camera. those dramatic pictures coming up. ♪ hi dad. many years from now, when the subaru is theirs... hey. you missed a spot. ...i'll look back on this day and laugh. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. and his new boss told him twongs -- cook what you love, and save your money. joe doesn't know it yet, but he'll wk his way up from busser to waiter to chef before opening a restaurant specializing in fish and me from the great northwest. he'll start investing early, he'll find some good people to help guide him, nd he'll set money aside from his first day of work to his last, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >> it hasn't happened since 1960. at least not until today. and
no players were elected this year, not even barry bonds and not roger clemens, why not? we'll hear from pete rose next, plus, sex, murder and money part after scandalous plot in las vegas, a woman accused of having an affair with her own son and both of them tried to kill her husband. we have the latest from vegas. and a daring escape from wildfire caught on camera. those dramatic pictures coming up. ♪ hi dad. many years from now, when the subaru is theirs... hey. you missed a spot. ...i'll...
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for the republicans what they have to do is let the 2012 election sort of drift away. the tea party influence appears to be waning as happens in these things. moveon.org, its influence waned after 2008 because they won. and i think the republican party will sort of come to grips with what it needs to do moving forward and we have some really smart people, jeb bush, marco rubio, chris christie, we've got a pretty strong bench, not kind of classic southern republican white guys. >> let me ask you this. the democrats won pretty much all over the map and in some places there were supposed to be gop pickups like the montana senate seat. is it time for republicans to become more diverse with hispanics, gay, people, women or the is the gop on the course to becoming oh livon? >> if they don't, they're on the course of becoming not just the minority party but a minor party which would not be a good thing. you're exactly right. those are exactly the attributes i think people who are behavioral republicans are looking for the traditional republican or the current republican party
for the republicans what they have to do is let the 2012 election sort of drift away. the tea party influence appears to be waning as happens in these things. moveon.org, its influence waned after 2008 because they won. and i think the republican party will sort of come to grips with what it needs to do moving forward and we have some really smart people, jeb bush, marco rubio, chris christie, we've got a pretty strong bench, not kind of classic southern republican white guys. >> let me...
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men help elect the president. women voted for the president but the men on his team were the predominant people. you have two women who are the white house deputy chiefs of staff. neither of them are being mentioned to replace jack lew. and that is why women including -- i wrote a story about this this week. and i did not get one complaint. i get lots of complaints from the white house about things i say and do. sometimes i have to correct something but not one person and i have talked to several people in the white house and they said we didn't have a problem. the women are not happy. >> you see that picture old rich white guys, it looks like romney voters. i think there is a bigger indication here which is the cabinet is getting smaller. he is not looking for opposing points. there are no super stature people there. this is the yes, sir cabinet. that is troubling because we have big problems and it seems to be shrinking. >> it is scloibed described as voters. >> it is beginning to look more like the president's
men help elect the president. women voted for the president but the men on his team were the predominant people. you have two women who are the white house deputy chiefs of staff. neither of them are being mentioned to replace jack lew. and that is why women including -- i wrote a story about this this week. and i did not get one complaint. i get lots of complaints from the white house about things i say and do. sometimes i have to correct something but not one person and i have talked to...
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when you look at 2012 and the republican party driving the messaging in a presidential election cycle, we lost, not only conservatives but moderates, as well. so i think we need to go back to that message of fiscal responsibility. because the american people want fiscal responsibility. they want washington to live within their means just like small businesses that american families and organizations have to every single day. and so i think that's our message that wins. and we're still here, we're not going anywhere. >> all right. i want to ask you about something. i have something you said to me a year ago on a plane for a moment. but first, erick, your comment about the tea party being in disarray. as you're well aware, in 2010 you seemed, at least, from who you supported to feel a bit differently. joe miller from alaska, you said i so totally have a man crush on this dude. and even when they lost you cheered them saying we did exactly what we set out to do, crush the establishment backed gop candidate. are you being a little bit of a fair-weather friend? i'm just wondering. >> no, n
when you look at 2012 and the republican party driving the messaging in a presidential election cycle, we lost, not only conservatives but moderates, as well. so i think we need to go back to that message of fiscal responsibility. because the american people want fiscal responsibility. they want washington to live within their means just like small businesses that american families and organizations have to every single day. and so i think that's our message that wins. and we're still here,...
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take, for example, from the '08 presidential election. the nra in that election endorsed john mccain for president, saying he had steadfastly voted against every gun and ammunition ban in congress. that was the nra endorsement of mccain for president in '08. at the same time the gun owners of america, which is a competing organization, they compete with the nra. they were denouncing john mccain as a liberal gun grabber. not only did they not endorse mccain in his 2008 election, they gave him an f rating on their a to f scale as a politician. this competing group with the nra touts an endorsement on their web page from ron paul. ron paul calling them the only no compromise gun lobby in washington. because you know those nra guys, they're the appeasers. and to prove it the gun owners of america points to moments like after the virginia tech shooting when the nra agreed to go along with an effort by the brady campaign to try to tighten up the part of federal background checks to keep people with diagnosed mental ill nets from getting their h
take, for example, from the '08 presidential election. the nra in that election endorsed john mccain for president, saying he had steadfastly voted against every gun and ammunition ban in congress. that was the nra endorsement of mccain for president in '08. at the same time the gun owners of america, which is a competing organization, they compete with the nra. they were denouncing john mccain as a liberal gun grabber. not only did they not endorse mccain in his 2008 election, they gave him an...